Improvement in faucet-locks



f To all whot it` mayf concern .f f' waited' mes parte cpm.

v. -L. MAXWELL, `or wILKEsBAn-RE, PENNSYLVANIA.

maar' Pareri: Nq.'1'02,29o, dated 4pm-26,1870 n'teaatd April 1s, 1870.'

f fIMRovEMENr nv Fencer-LOCKS'.

-V -Be it known that I', v. nMAxw-Etr., of 'Wilkes'- barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented a new and useful Faucet-Lock and I- do hereby declare the following to he a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciycaton,in whichv Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through a faucet, illustrating my -improved lock for the same,

' Avand the application of a key to the bolt for its withdrawah Figures 2 and 3 illustrate simple modifications o'f the connection of the key to the bolt. Y

. The nature of my invention consists in inserting a v'loose bolt within'and withdrawing it from a' suitable aperture in a faucet or valve-cock, by means of a suitable key, which maybe easily attached to, or detached from, the-holt; the aperture being so pierced in the faucet or cock as that the bolt, when inserted therein, willengage. with the spigot, or the valve, and lock the same,'preventing any further movement thereof untill the bolt be withdrawn; The bolt, when inserted, is wholly inclosed within the faucet or cock, and cannot be removed without the use of a-key properly and accurately fitting the same.

My invention may be applied to any description of wooden or metallic faucets, and to anyvarety of valve-cocks.

In the accompanying drawings Y A represents an ordinary cheap wooden faucet, and B, the spigot thereof, a being a cork lining to .the

Y spigot-hole. I n applyng.myinvention to this, or indeed to any form of faucets, of whatever material, no

-` el r|.nge intheir construction is required. My irnprovement isralpplicablev to the stock'already manufac- "turd, v

I', is effected by drilling a small hole`,'c d, thereinto, -either longitudinally from its front end, as illus- 'trated in ig. 1, oi" else ,transversely'from the side,-or

otherwise from an'ydesired external point, so that it shall extend continuously into or through the spigot when the spigot isin the positiomin which .itmay be desired to fasten and secure the same.

This bolt C is made of-such alength relative to the depth of'the aperture in the faucet, as that, when inserted far enough to lock the same, its outer end shall be so far within the aperture, and so inclosed thereby, 'as that it cannot be reached but by an instrument.

To efect the removal of the bolt at pleasure I combine therewith a suitable key, D.

The manner of combining the bolt and key admits of very great variety in form and contlivance. It is simply required that there shall be a device whereby the key may be made to takehold of the end of the bolt to withdraw it after its insertion.` I have illustrated, in figs. 1 and 2, such a device in the form of a screw-connection between the bolt and key. In iig. 1 the end of the key is threaded, and passes into a threaded aperture in the end of the bolt. I n this case no change in the diameter of the aperture c d receiving the holt and key is required.

In lig. 2 the end of the bolt is threaded, and' the end ofthe key is provided with a threaded aperture to screw onto it, but in this case the aperture c must'v be enlarged so far as the key is required to extend.

' Fig.- 3 illustrates a simple form of spring catch.

`When the key and bolt are withdrawn from the'faucet, the catch is disengaged from the bolt by means of apin, E, inserted through the hole e to force it down. Other forms of equivalent self connecting or easily attachable and detachable key-devices will readily suggest themselves to any skilled mechanic, and I need not here enumerate them.

In applying my invention to valve-cocks the aperture for the lock-bolt C is'so pierced as to passiuto 0|:

through the valve-stem, or into, or close to, the valve itself, in such manner as that the insertion of the bolt shall prevent a further movement of the valve.

The bolt C may itself be solid or hollow. The apertures c d to receive the -bolt may be cylindrical, as'

in the spigot, so .that the spigot may, if desired, be locked when eithervpartially or entirely openedor closed. i

A I contemplate so combining the bolt with the fancet as that, after its withdrawal from the spigot or valve, its entire removalfrom the faucet shall be-prelvented by a catch, or olher suitable device, to avoid thereby all danger of a oss of the bolt.

, 1 contemplate also so constructing .the faucet and spigot, as that? the spigot, after receiving the bolt, may partially revolve, carrying the bolt with it, its end or ends passing into slots .cut for the purpose in the perimeter of the spigot-hole, whereby the lock-bolt may 13b still further protected from picking or undue removal.

My improved lock is applicable to the cheapest as well as the most complicated and expensive faucets and cocks. It is very cheaply produced, and cheaply applied to any faucet or cock in use. Its advantages are so palpable as not to need recital.

Having thus fully described my invention,

claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentv l Devices substantially as herein described for locking a. cock or faucet, viz, a bolt C, one or moreV transverse apertures tinued into its spigot, valve, the bolt, and a. key D, may be readily attached thereto or Vdetached therefrom after its insertion into the cock or faucet, when said devices are combined and made stantially as herein set forth.

o r valve-stem to receive The foregoing specification of my'iinproved lock for day of July, 1869.

faucets signed V. L.v MAXWELL.Y

Witnesses: Y l

G.' P. STEELE, v JOHN STEELE.

pierced inthe cock or faucet and cony so ttinglthe bolt as that it to 'operate 'sub- 

